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lobby louse
noun
a non-guest who idles in a hotel lobby US, 1939- It concerned characters inelegantly termed “lobby lice.” These were loungers, loafers and larrikins who hung around annoying, and sometimes swindling, desirable patrons. — Dev Collans with Stewart Sterling, I was a House Detective, p. 13, 1954
- “The only thing I don’t understand is where were all the lobby lice the day I registered,” I said. — Robert Deane Pharr, S.R.O., p. 27, 1971
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